- We start with four, but in the end there can be only one. Kia ora. I'm Chris Kirk, and this is Brain Busters. Who has the mind power to make it all the way through the rounds and ends up in this ` the Brain Buster? - Kicking it with your boy Mikey Falesiu. Heart and pure strength are what today's top two players will need to be the champion of the Brain Buster. Only one winner, though, so, Chris, it's show time. - Kia ora, Mikey, and don't forget, you can play from home as well. So let's meet today's Brain Busters. Captions by Annie Curtis Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2021 Nau mai, haere mai. Welcome to Brain Busters. Today we have four players hoping they've got what it takes to be called the ultimate Brain Buster. We'll start with Mega Memory before we make our way into our specialist subject rounds, where our players can choose from six of our options. They'll hope to gain enough points to stay in this game and avoid elimination. So let's meet our players now. Firstly, Cam. Great to have you here on the show, Cam. Right into your water sports. What kind of sports do we` do we play? - Well, I like surfing, foil surfing, wakeboarding, kneeboarding, biscuiting ` all except skiing. - (CHUCKLES) The list goes on. Uh, can you tell us a little about foil surfing? - Foil surfing is where there's a fin on the bottom of the board, so you can elevate yourself off the water and then pump along without needing a wave. - Oh, that's epic. Harder or easier than normal surfing? - Harder. (CHUCKLES) - Ready for the hard challenge that is Brain Busters? - Yep. - Good to hear, Cam. Anahera, great to have you here on the show. What you like to do in your spare time. - Um, hanging out with my friends. - Nice. Play any sport? - Um, yes, netball. - Nice. Are we more attack or defence? - Defence. - Good. Hopefully we're on the attack, though, today for Brain Busters. We've also got Rosie here. Rosie, you're also right into your sports. What sports do we play? - Um, my main sports are football and surf lifesaving. - Nice. If we had to pick one, what would it be? - That would be very tough. - (LAUGHS) - But probably surf lifesaving, cos I really like the water. - Fair enough. Can't argue with that. And we've also got Jacob. Now, Jacob, you've been playing the violin for very long time. Just how long? - Since I was five. - Wow. So have we done any grades or anything? - Yeah, I'm just about to do Grade 6. - Very impressive. Orchestra? - Yep, orchestra and chamber group for school. - Awesome. Good on you, Jacob. Thank you everyone for coming onto the show today. We're going to have a great show, and let's kick it off with Mega Memory. 10 points to our players that buzz in and give the correct answer. Fail to do so, and they will lose 10 points. 90 seconds on the clock. Good luck. Your time starts now. Which Katy recently had a baby called Daisy Dove Bloom? Rosie? - Katy Perry? (DING!) - Beginning with 'H', which animal is ridden by a jockey? Rosie? - Horse. (DING!) - Cadbury Caramello is a flavour of what? Cam. - Chocolate. (DING!) - In the movies, are Harry Potter's glasses round or square? Cam. - Round. (DING!) - Which dark-suited crime fighter lives in Gotham City? Cam. - Batman (DING!) - Which decade was singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran born? (BUZZ!) - '90s. Which fossil fuel underground rhymes with 'troll'? Cam. - Petrol? (BUZZ!) - Coal. Which number film is the Two Towers in the Lord of the Rings trilogy? Cam. - Second. (DING!) - Which prime minister's voice appears in Welcome to Cardboard City? (BUZZ!) Jacinta Ardern. What does the 'V' stand for in vlog? Cam. - Video. (DING!) Did the band One Direction originate in Canada or Britain? Cam. - Britain. (DING!) - Which Swedish company manufactured both cars and aircraft? Cam. - IKEA. (BUZZ!) - Saab. The countries of Angola and Uganda are on which continent? Jacob. - Africa. (DING!) - ...is correct to our final Mega Memory question. Thank you everyone for playing. Let's take a look at the scores. Cam has the early lead with 40 points. Rosie is on 20, Jacob has 10 points, and Anahera is on zero points. So now we move into our specialist subject rounds, and I reckon we should get some points on the board for Anahera. What would you like to play? - Reo Rangatira. - Sounds good to me. Let's play Reo Rangatira. Anahera, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) Can I just say, absolutely love your top. Nice and colourful. - Thank you. - All right. Shall we get into Reo Rangatira? 20 points for each Te Reo-focused question Good luck. Spell 'karakia'. (DING!) - Kia ora. What is a Maori word for 'body?' (DING!) Ae. Our native karaka has its name because of its berries. What colour are they? - (SIGHS) Pink? (CHUCKLES) (BUZZ!) - Worth the guess. Orange is what we were after. Next up ` spell 'kuri'. (DING!) That is correct. What is the Maori name of the island where you will find Tauranga, Whangarei and Rotorua? - The Bay of Plenty? (WHISPERS) I don't know. I don't know. (BUZZ!) - Birds. (DING!) - Correct. And finally for Reo Rangatira ` what is a Maori word for the number 100? (DING!) - Kotahi rau is correct, and I believe you have scored kotahi rau points, so well done there. Thank you very much for playing Reo Rangatira. Anahera has the lead with 100 points, Cam is on 40 points, Rosie has 20 points, and Jacob is on 10. So time for our second player now to come up to the front, and that player is Jacob. What would you like to play? - Equaliser. - Thanks, Jacob. Let's play Equaliser. Jacob, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) What got us into the violin, Jacob? - I think my mum just introduced it to me, and I started loving it. - Loved it ever since. - Yeah. - Awesome. All right, we love maths as well? - Yeah. - Good to hear. Let's play Equaliser now. (DING!) Correct. (DING!) (BUZZ!) 16. (DING!) Correct. (DING!) - (STUTTERS) (BUZZ!) (CHUCKLES) - 28.8. Very good attempt there. And finally for Equaliser ` (DING!) ...is the correct answer. Well played, Jacob. 0.4 away from getting another 20 points, but that's OK. Still a fantastic job with Equaliser. Jacob is narrowly in the lead with 110 points, Anahera has 100 points, Cam is on 40 points, and Rosie has 20 points. So a great start today on Brain Busters. We still have two more to take on their specialist subject rounds, but of course all of our players are hoping they've got what it takes to head to the Brain Buster. - Hopefully today's top two players are 100% ready for action, because only one will be leaving as the champ. Can't wait to find out who. - Thanks, Mikey, and of course, there's plenty more action before we get to that point. And don't forget, you can play from home as well. Simply hop online to HEIHEI Games. Don't go anywhere. We'll see you a muri i te whakata. * - Hoki mai ano. Welcome back to Brain Busters. Just before the break, we had Anahera and Jacob take on their specialist subject rounds, and coming up now to play is Rosie, and what is it you'd like to play, Rosie? - Um, Identifier. - Thank you very much. Let's play Identifier. Rosie, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) So what do we love about surf lifesaving, Rosie? - I love being in the water and being with my friends as well. - How long you done it for? - Since I was about six, I think. - Awesome. All right. Let's get into Identifier now. Best of luck to you, Rosie. - Thanks. - Here comes your first one. Happy with that order? - I think so. - Elephant's not at the top? - No. (CHUCKLES) (DING!) - Correct. (DING!) Rosie knows her animals. Well done. (DING!) Really good job, Rosie. Had tomatoes locked in, but switched to egg at last second. Was it the right thing to do? (DING!) (BUZZ!) Should have kept it. (BUZZ!) (DING!) Sorry, Rosie. Missing out unfortunately. Finally for Identifier ` Again changing that answer. (DING!) (BUZZ!) You were right in changing it. Just needed to swap it to 'sea salt'. And that is it, Rosie. Thank you very much for playing Identifier. - Thank you. - Jacob is on 110 points, Anahera has 100 points Rosie now has 80 points, and Cam is on 40 points. So we have just one player remaining to take on their specialist subject round, and that player is Cam. What would you like to play, Cam? - Spellbinder, please. - Excellent. Let's play Spellbinder. - Cam, please step forward. (TENSE MUSIC) So how did we get into all these different water sports, Cam? - Well, my parents bought a house on the West Coast, and there was a nice lake out there, so I started learning. - Awesome. A water baby? - (BOTH CHUCKLE) - Let's see how we go for Spellbinder now. Best of luck to you, Cam. Pretty impressive after Mega Memory. Let's see if we can continue it. 'Crate.' - Can I please get the definition? - A slatted wooden case used for transporting goods. (DING!) Correct. 'Proverb'. (DING!) Well done. 'Applying'. (DING!) Awesome. 'Switch'. (DING!) Correct. 'Modern'. (DING!) Getting faster and faster. 'Caffeine'. (BUZZ!) - (EXCLAIMS) - Needed another 'F', sorry. And your final word is 'digital'. (DING!) Correct. Lucky just having that wee switch there. Cam, well played. Very fast as well. Thank you for taking on Spellbinder. Very quick indeed. That is all of our specialist subject rounds complete, so let's take a look at the scores. Cam is back in the lead with 160 points, Jacob has 110 points, Anahera is on 100 points, and Rosie has 80 points. So we do now need to eliminate our first player today on Brain Busters, and I'm sorry, Rosie, it will be you. The good news is you've got yourself a $100 bank account. So what do you want to do with that money? - Um, I think I'll spend it with my friends on probably KFC. - (LAUGHS) Great option, Rosie. Thanks for coming on the show. Best of luck with all the sport as well. I think you'll need it after the KFC. (CHUCKLES) And congratulations to our three remaining players. For them it's one step closer to the Brain Buster. - Our three remaining players gotta keep it together if they want to go to Amygdala. It won't be easy, but I'm sure they're ready for this. - I'm sure they are, Mikey. So let's get into our Brain-Teaser now. So all of our players today have gone through their specialist subject rounds, and we are left with two options for our players to choose from. Today those options are Blueprinter and Sequencer. So Cam, Anahera and Jacob, please select which one you would like to play now. Thank you, everyone, for voting. We'll start with Cam, who has voted for... Anahera would like to play... And Jacob would like to play... Thanks for the votes. Let's play Sequencer. 30 points up for grabs if players buzz in and get the right answer. Fail to do so, and they will lose 30 points. Let's get into our Brain-Teaser now. Good luck. Here comes your first sequence. In which order did these TV shows first appear on-screen? Cam. - Power Rangers, Adventure Time, Powerpuff Girls. (DING, BUZZ!) - (SIGHS) - He was happy with the order, but needed to swap around Powerpuff Girls and Adventure Time. In what order were these devices released, from earliest to most recent? Jacob. - Newton MessagePad, iPod, iPhone. - This to put Jacob in the lead. (DING!) And he's got it. Well done. In which order were these books first published? (BUZZ!) No answer to our final Brain-Teaser there. Thank you everyone for playing. Let's take a look at our final scores. Jacob now has 140 points, Cam has 130 points, and Anahera has 100 points. So unfortunately we need to eliminate our second player today, and I'm sorry to say you've just missed out, Anahera. The good news is you've got yourself a $100 bank account. Well deserved as well. What will you be doing with the money? - Probably just saving it. - Smart move. Don't want to buy any more cool tops? - I'll probably do that. - (LAUGHS) Cool, Anahera. Great to have you on the show, and congratulations to Cam and Jacob. For them it's now onto the Brain Buster. - Our final two are about to take on the Brain Buster. Who will be our winner? We'll find out soon. * - We asked which New Zealand bank note is orange. The answer is the $5 note. Hoki mai ano. Well, we started with four, but only two remain, as they get ready to take on the Brain Buster. (EXCITING MUSIC) - Cam and Jacob are our final two plays that made it here on the Brain Buster. Well done, boys. Now, I know, Cam, table tennis is a sport you love to play. Tell us why, man. - Um, well, it can be single-player or double-player. So you can play by yourself, or you can have a teammate to help you out. - True, and I know you need good footwork for that, right? - Yeah. - You ready to apply that to the Brain Buster? - Yep. - Nice stuff, man. Best of luck. And Jacob, tennis ` slightly different to table tennis? - Yep. - Tell us why you love that, man. - It's just really fun to play, and I enjoy it. - Awesome. You ready to have fun on the ultimate obstacle course? - Yeah, looks really fun. - I like it, bro. It's now time to jump onto our zip line, boys, and let's get ready to fly. Awesome. Here we go. Fly! Cam and Jacob, you have arrived at the Brain Buster. Can you handle the ultimate obstacle course? There's only one way to find out. Down the Neurotransmitters and across the Molecule Steps to start the race. Cam enters the Corpus Callosum, and Jacob's not far behind. Time to enter their codes into the Hippocampus console. Have they got them right? Yes! Nice one, guys. All clear to head up the Parietal Lobe. No one has a clear advantage yet, but is that about to change? Looks like Cam has made it up first and is just slightly ahead now. Jacob getting caught up a bit in the end of the tunnel web. Both Cam and Jacob now scrambling across the Frontal Lobe. It's still anyone's race. Cam's made it to the DNA molecule switches. And a very fast activation means he can now head to the Basal Ganglia. Jacob will be on his way now too, but Cam is the champion of the Brain Buster today. (STEAM HISSES) A great effort from both players today, Chris. Congratulate them for me, won't you? That's our race completed. Well done, Cam and Jacob. Jacob, we'll start with you. Not the result we were after, but still a fantastic effort there. Really competitive the whole way through. Did we enjoy the Brain Buster. - Yeah, love it. - And how has our experience been today? - Great, thank you. - Good to hear. Congratulations, Jacob. A $100 bank account is all yours. What will you be doing with that money? - Probably buy a unicycle, or save it up. - A unicycle? I love that, Jacob. Great having you here on the show. All the best for the unicycle riding as well. Cam, congratulations. - PANTS: Thanks. - Huffing and puffing. Put 110% into that one. - Yep. - Happy with the result? - Definitely. - Well done. One thing left to do. I'll let you catch your breath, as Cam gets ready for Amygdala. Cam, congratulations once again on making it all the way through to Amygdala. Happy with your performance so far? - Yeah, definitely. - You've done really well. So we're here, Amygdala ` our final round. Have you had any words of wisdom from anyone before coming to this round? - Yup. Mum gave me two things. She said, 'Firstly, think about it, and make sure you know 100%'. - Yep. - She said, 'Don't you dare pass; you guess it'. - (LAUGHS) Wise words indeed from Mum. Well, Cam, let's get straight into it now. You're playing for $270. Let's win you all that money. Good luck. Which country is home to the Kauri tree? - New Zealand. (DING!) - Sure is. Which is not a character in the film Inside Out ` Joy or Hunger? - Hunger is not a character. (DING!) - Correct. What is the main ingredient of guacamole? - Avocado. (DING!) - Correct. The triple jump and which other horizontal jump is an Olympic event? - The... Superman? (CHUCKLES) (BUZZ!) Nah. - Would be very cool if the Superman was an Olympic event. Unfortunately it's not. Long jump... - No clue. - ...is what we were after. - Oh! (EXCLAIMS) - Which hot drink is made by Dilmah? - Coffee? Or hot chocolate. Hot chocolate. - Hot chocolate's locked in? - Hot chocolate's locked in. (BUZZ!) Aw. - You mentioned two out of the three main hot drinks. - (GROANS) - Tea is what we were after there. - Oh, dang it. - In which sport would you use a pitching wedge? - Golf. - Played any golf before, Cam? - Nope. Pitching wedge just sounds like a golf club name. (DING!) - WHISPERS: Yes. Yes. - That's because it is. Well done. Looking for a bone for her dog, Old Mother Hubbard went to the...? - I don't know. Pet store? No clue. - Heard of it? - Nope. - Never heard that? - No. - Bit of a nursery rhyme. - No. (BUZZ!) - Old Mother Hubbard went to the... cupboard... - Oh. - ...was the answer. - Hubbard, cupboard. - Which sport is played by the Chicago Bulls? - Basketball. - You sure it's basketball? - 100%. - Why's that? - Because my brother likes their team. - Fair reasoning, then. (DING!) So of course that is correct. Which New Zealand City's three-letter airport code is 'R-O-T'? - Christchurch? No, Auckland. Auckland. - R-O-T. - Wait. Oh, Rotorua. Oh. (CHUCKLES) I didn't think that through. Rotorua. - Final answer? - Final answer. (DING!) Yes. - Rotorua is correct. - I didn't think about that for a second. - Gotta listen to Mum's advice. - Yeah. (LAUGHS) - Finally, for Amygdala, would you use Pantene to wash your hair or your car? - Hair. - Again quick to answer. - I've heard Mum talking about it. - Mum knows best? - Always. - (CHUCKLES) (DING!) Mum knows best. You know the final Amygdala answer. Cam, well done. $189 is all yours. Well played. Really well played. Some great answers in there. What are you going to do with the money? - I think I'll save it up. - Gonna give Mum a wee percentage for helping you out with some advice? - Uh, maybe. (LAUGHS) - We will see. Cam, congratulations ` $189. - Yo, shot, Cam. You happy with your performance? - Yeah. - I'm sure you'll never forget where Old Mother Hubbard got her bone for the dog? - Cupboard. - My man. If you think you can take out the Brain Buster just like our man Cam, jump online and head to HEIHEI Games. - Thank you so much for joining us today. Until next time, that's it for Brain Busters. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2021 - Thank you, NZ on Air.